What do your kids ride?
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MrsH
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wabofis - nice bike, bet she likes it. Is it heavy?
That's a nice bike MARKL, very blingy!
We gave this to our 5 year old for Christmas. Preloved but still a great little bike. And so light! So far he's ridden Warby Trail, Lake Mountain and the Lilydale BMX track and loved it all.
That's a nice bike MARKL, very blingy!
We gave this to our 5 year old for Christmas. Preloved but still a great little bike. And so light! So far he's ridden Warby Trail, Lake Mountain and the Lilydale BMX track and loved it all.
Bjorn
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MrsH,
That little Redline is sweet as. Does it run the peculiar diameter race only tyres, or are they standard 20"?
In SA for Christmas with the folks and we were over there for my son's 5th birthday. As a birthday present, I took him and his older sister to the Eagle MTB Park and rode Top Deck with them. Fear of death by blackberry had my daughter walking the track so we ran out of exploration time, but the boy was stoked.
That little Redline is sweet as. Does it run the peculiar diameter race only tyres, or are they standard 20"?
In SA for Christmas with the folks and we were over there for my son's 5th birthday. As a birthday present, I took him and his older sister to the Eagle MTB Park and rode Top Deck with them. Fear of death by blackberry had my daughter walking the track so we ran out of exploration time, but the boy was stoked.
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MrsH
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Yes it runs the 1 1/8" tyres. They roll faster apparently *shrug*
Bjorn
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Faster is always good.
MrsH
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We rode together yesterday and I had a stack, took me about 10 mins to catch up to him (thanks kid!).
Bjorn
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Must have been a good stack. Or he's damn quick.
MrsH
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a bit of column a and a bit of column b.. it might have been 6 or 7 minutes but it feels like an age when your 5 yo disappears into the bush!
Bjorn
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I know the feeling.
On our third ride at the MTB park I said to the boy (4 1/2 at the time), "Just wait while I work with your sister on this section." He decided not to hang around and rode a kilometre or so of blue trail and rolled around the carpark until we showed up. I was trying to be relaxed about it, but was pretty tense inside as we slowly worked our way through the trail.
Bjorn
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72Fury, I am available for adoption.
Bermshot
Banned
Thats gotta be the trickest ride in "under 15's". I think theres a bit of spoiling going on.
72Fury
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It's basically just built up out of my old parts. My son loves to ride and race.
tasty.dirt74
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This is the youngest ones bike. She is 9. She previously was riding a tiny bike, but has graduated to the world of 26ers !
It was/is a Giant Boulder in a 14(?)inch frame.
A powdercoat, some airbrushing using her name(Brodie) on the downtube spelt Brodster, new gears, derailliuer,grips, cables,pedals*,and some old parts I had in the shed like the wheels, tyres, cranks,avid levers and a big thanks to a mate who supplied some sweet bars and stem!
*The pedals are the sort that change colour with UV light. Inside,they are clear, and when they are out in direct sun, the turn pink !! Coolest thing on the bike ,I reckon, and they were found in a bike shop, on special($14) by the missus. Go,Baby !
By the way, that pic was taken on a iP4. I was amazed when I first saw the quality of the pic,even better if you know me, as the quality on pics i take is very average !!
It was/is a Giant Boulder in a 14(?)inch frame.
A powdercoat, some airbrushing using her name(Brodie) on the downtube spelt Brodster, new gears, derailliuer,grips, cables,pedals*,and some old parts I had in the shed like the wheels, tyres, cranks,avid levers and a big thanks to a mate who supplied some sweet bars and stem!
*The pedals are the sort that change colour with UV light. Inside,they are clear, and when they are out in direct sun, the turn pink !! Coolest thing on the bike ,I reckon, and they were found in a bike shop, on special($14) by the missus. Go,Baby !
By the way, that pic was taken on a iP4. I was amazed when I first saw the quality of the pic,even better if you know me, as the quality on pics i take is very average !!
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SummitFever
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My 11 yr old daughter rides a 24" FS bike that we built up together:
Here's some dribblings on what was involved.
And the youngest loves her Redline BMX with modified Manitou suspension fork and 5 speed rear cluster:
The 24" FS required some custom made stuff:
- new pivot bushings to fit the RP2;
- brake boss adapters to get the 26" mag21 fork working on 24" wheels; and
- a custom bashring and chainguide to suit the Sugino cranks and 28t ring (my 11 yr old daughter did most of the drilling and chamfering on the bashring and chainguide (with appropriate supervision).
A selection of hand-me-down parts and few careful purchases have got the weight down to about 10kg.
The BMX required a little more effort to cut the Manitou forks down to suit the 20" wheels, and also to machine an XT cluster so it would fit the single speed freehub. At one stage I had the bike with a triple chainring front but that proved a little too complicated for my 6 yr old to handle.
There's pretty much nowhere flat around here to ride. Everything off-road requires some selection of gears otherwise the kids have to do too much walking/pushing. Some people think kids don't need gears and suspension, but for my own kids gears, suspension and light bikes have really fired them up for hitting the single-track.
Here's some dribblings on what was involved.
And the youngest loves her Redline BMX with modified Manitou suspension fork and 5 speed rear cluster:
The 24" FS required some custom made stuff:
- new pivot bushings to fit the RP2;
- brake boss adapters to get the 26" mag21 fork working on 24" wheels; and
- a custom bashring and chainguide to suit the Sugino cranks and 28t ring (my 11 yr old daughter did most of the drilling and chamfering on the bashring and chainguide (with appropriate supervision).
A selection of hand-me-down parts and few careful purchases have got the weight down to about 10kg.
The BMX required a little more effort to cut the Manitou forks down to suit the 20" wheels, and also to machine an XT cluster so it would fit the single speed freehub. At one stage I had the bike with a triple chainring front but that proved a little too complicated for my 6 yr old to handle.
There's pretty much nowhere flat around here to ride. Everything off-road requires some selection of gears otherwise the kids have to do too much walking/pushing. Some people think kids don't need gears and suspension, but for my own kids gears, suspension and light bikes have really fired them up for hitting the single-track.
Bjorn
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I ride my local tracks occasionally on my rigid SS and heartily concur; suspension makes a big difference. Eldest daughter (7) is on a 7 speed hardtail with 20" wheels. Son (5) has to tough it out on a rigid BMX with 16" wheels and MTB riser bar and stem; he'll be strong of limb and tough of heart when he gets his first bike with suspension.
indica
Serial flasher
I noticed when I bought the 20" 7 speed bikes they were significantly lighter than the smaller ones. aluminium, gears, longer top tube, now we go on 10k bush rides with the kids - 6 and 8.
No more back pedal brakes either - those things are evil.
Mad Hatter
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My 6yo has a GT Stomper 20". It`s red so goes really fast! He`s been on it for over a year now and only just starting to use the grip shifter properly. Loves coming out with mum or myself on the local single track and is quite capable of riding 10 - 15kms.
I got him a Lazer 2X3M helmet when I saw what happened to his old "Lighning McQueen" lid after a low speed crash on the bike path. A dog ran in front of him and collided with his front wheel. He spun around and smacked his head hard on the concrete. The sound was sickening (still makes me shudder just thinking about it). He got straight up and was ready to ride but his helmet had opened up like an egg shell. It did its job but straight in the bin after that.
Don`t skimp on the lid!
Cheers
MH
I got him a Lazer 2X3M helmet when I saw what happened to his old "Lighning McQueen" lid after a low speed crash on the bike path. A dog ran in front of him and collided with his front wheel. He spun around and smacked his head hard on the concrete. The sound was sickening (still makes me shudder just thinking about it). He got straight up and was ready to ride but his helmet had opened up like an egg shell. It did its job but straight in the bin after that.
Don`t skimp on the lid!
Cheers
MH
indica
Serial flasher
thats what my kids ride - good bikes